THE MOUSE THAT BECAME THE CAT-character development sheet-antagonist

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When writing books that entertain and capture the reader, a writer has to prepare.

To begin, which will save time, start with an outline. As it develops a writer works on  character development which is part 2. This is a behind the scene look at my process, and only my process. Every writer is different. 

This is the sheet about my antagonist Hank Calner that I will share in my upcoming book, THE MOUSE THAT BECAME THE CAT
Due out August 25th.

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Developing someone as evil as Hank Calner evolved as I wrote the story. He is an evil person without a conscious. He moves boldly in the daylight with little or no fear of being caught.  

HANK CALNER CHARACTER DEV. SHEET
My sheets break my character down. Who is he or she?
WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE
Hank is an large man in his early 40's.

CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES
Easily talks to people, especially children. He knows how to lure them in. They trust him.

CHARACTER FAILURES/FLAWS
He cannot control his anger, is overconfident, obsessive, sociopath. 

EMOTIONS/ATTITUDES-POSITIVE
Personally I found nothing in Hank's mind positive. He's a killer so I added to his negative emotional attitudes. 


EMOTIONS/ATTITUDES-NEGATIVE
He is extremely violent.
Very narcissistic
 Lacks empathy 
Hatred of young boys who appear happy
Lacks remorse and emotionally disconnected
 
I have other headings for GOALS, MOTIVATIONS, WOUNDS, AND NOTES.
Hank the antagonist and George the protagonist have something in common. They are both loners, comfortable with themselves. However, it stops there. Hank is a killer.


As the story developed so did Hank. THE CAT THAT BECAME THE MOUSE takes place in Los Angeles during the 1960's. However, I go back briefly to Hank's early childhood. Another time when he lived in Africa.

Hank has difficulty with the fact that George survived the attack. Both antagonist and protagonist are tormented for completely different reasons.

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